cybersecurity
Industry reactions to the enormous Marriott data breach
On September 8, 2018, Marriott received an alert from an internal security tool regarding an attempt to access the Starwood guest reservation database in the United States. …
The fundamentals of network security and cybersecurity hygiene
Infrastructure and network security The two fundamental building blocks to ensuring that your data is secure are physical infrastructure and network security. Understanding …
Is security the real stuff of nightmares?
The Chief Information Security Officer role (CISO), is the most senior cyber security role in any organisation, and the role has developed rapidly in recent years under the …
Keeping data swamps clean for ongoing GDPR compliance
The increased affordability and accessibility of data storage over recent years can be both a benefit and a challenge for businesses. While the ability to stockpile huge …
7 trends driving enterprise IT transformation in 2019
Enabling the business outcome in a ‘Real-Time’ enterprise environment is the next challenge for global brands and government agencies in 2019. Tech companies will need to …
Why compliance is never enough
Organizations are well aware of the security risks inherent in our hyper-connected world. However, many are making the mistake of focusing their attention on being compliant …
Take cybersecurity into your own hands: Don’t rely on tech giants
Google doesn’t want you to have to think about cybersecurity at all, similar to how we think about breathing, which sounds like a great idea. However, in all of my years in …
Cybersecurity 2019: Predictions you can’t ignore
As we move forward to 2019, expect credit card and payment information theft to continue to rise. Yes, this isn’t a major surprise; however, if organizations can better …
Key reasons holding back MFA adoption by mainframe customers
While 64 per cent of mainframers are aware that multi-factor authentication (MFA) is now available to control access to mainframe applications, only 20 per cent acknowledge …
Why you shouldn’t be worried about UPnP port masking
Last May, security firm Imperva wrote a blog post discussing a new proof of concept for bypassing DDoS mitigation after discovering reflected network protocols appearing on …
ATM attackers strike again: Are you at risk?
The United States National ATM Council recently released information about a series of ATM attacks using rogue network devices. The criminals opened the upper half of the ATM …
The current state of cybersecurity in the connected hospital
Abbott and The Chertoff Group released a white paper that shares key findings from a recent study of 300 physicians and 100 hospital administrators on cybersecurity challenges …
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